To set up an office network with four VLANs: one for regular office staff, one for HR, one for IT and one for VoIP (Voice over IP) devices like IP phones. A core switch will connect two access ...

Hi Henk, I was able to complete the first tutorial and everything works! Thank you and the coffee is on its way. Now I want to work with vlan's, but I can't quite figure that out. I have the setup as ...

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The more you delve into VLANs on your home network, the more you realize that they're not the most secure things in the world. Depending on your managed switch, those VLANs might be able to talk to ...

As your home network expands, so do the burdens of administering the list of network appliances. Maybe you've expanded the number of wired devices in your network, and added additional managed network ...

I'm probably making all of this harder than it should be but I haven't been able to wrap my head around it enough to be sure I'm doing things right and my lack of networking experience leaves me ...

Imagine this: your smart home devices, guest Wi-Fi, and workstations all coexist on the same network. A single compromised IoT device could expose sensitive data or disrupt your entire system. It’s a ...